1. Cross-cultural measurement invariance of the fear of COVID-19 scale in seven Latin American countries
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Claudio López-Calle, Perla Shiomara del Carpio, Olivia Gamarra Recalde, Yazmín Quintero, César Armando Rey Anacona, Miguel Gallegos, Pablo Martino, Ignacio Barés, Lindsey W. Vilca, Erika Robles, Carmen Burgos Videla, Pablo D. Valencia, Andrés Buschiazzo Figares, Macerlo Panza Lombardo, Marlon Elías Lobos-Rivera, Manuel Calandra, Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez, Edgardo René Chacón-Andrade, Rodrigo Moreta-Herrera, Michael White, and Mauricio Cervigni
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Related factors ,050103 clinical psychology ,Latin Americans ,Data collection ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,05 social sciences ,030227 psychiatry ,03 medical and health sciences ,Clinical Psychology ,0302 clinical medicine ,Geography ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Scale (social sciences) ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Measurement invariance ,Socioeconomics ,Cross cultural measurement - Abstract
The objective was to evaluate the cross-cultural measurement invariance of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) in 7 Latin American countries (Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Paraguay, Argentina, and Uruguay). The participants were 2944 people, selected through non-probability sampling for convenience, where the majority were women. Data collection occurred between 12 June and 14 September 2020. The results indicated that the model with two related factors presents a better fit to the data and has partial scalar invariance among the 7 countries. Differences in emotional and physiological reactions were observed between the countries.
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- 2021
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